78 Quotes by Daley Thompson

We live in the best place on earth but at times the worst.

You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.

When you're walking into the stadium, you just say to yourself, 'the 100m is the same anywhere, the shot put is the same weight anywhere.'

For kids it's natural to be competitive.

People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

It's good to be difficult to know. Too many people are too easy to know.

I don't even have my own computer.

I didn't even know what it was when I started. But I was lucky. I found it at 16. Most people don't discover decathlon until they're 21 or 22.

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.